Immigrants/Migrants

African American voting advocates hold signs
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Election Results Affirm Continuing Far Right Threat

December 4, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Stewart Rhodes, the national leader of the far-right Oath Keepers, along with his Florida chapter chief, Kelly Meggs, were both convicted of seditious conspiracy on November 29 in connection with the attempted […]
Migrants deported from Texas arrive in New York City.
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Texas Governor Guilty of Mass Kidnapping

August 28, 2022 fwstaff
By David Sole Since April it has been reported that Texas Governor Greg Abbott and his administration have deported over 7,000 migrants from southern Texas to New York City. Buses have been filled with migrant […]
Rally against ICE at Bergen County Jail, New Jersey, for Releases Not Transfers.
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Immigrant/Migrant Supporters Tell ICE #ReleasesNotTransfers

December 1, 2021 fwstaff
By Terri Kay On Wednesday, October 27, a coalition of groups, who have been fighting the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, policies of cruel, indefinite detention of immigrants/migrants, held a rally with over 30 […]
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Releases Not Transfers – Vigil at Bergen Jail

October 28, 2021 fwstaff
By Interfaith Campaign for Just Closures Background NJ currently has four ICE detention contracts. One is with the private, for-profit company CoreCivic to run the Elizabeth Detention Center. The other three are at the Bergen, […]
Detroit demonstration in solidarity with Haitian migrants, Sept. 24, 2021
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Detroit Activists Rally in Support of Haitian Migrants

October 12, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff There were two public actions over the weekend of September 24-26 demanding an end to the racist and brutal treatment of migrant workers and their families from Haiti. On Friday, September […]
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Emergency Week of Actions for Haitian Refugees!

September 23, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Emergency Week of Actions for Haitian Refugees! Biden: Halt Your Racist Border Patrol and Stop the Whippings and Racist Deportations NOW! When: Friday September 24 – October 2nd Who/What: Progressive organizations […]
Children in ICE cages.
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A Scream to the Heavens

April 28, 2021 fwstaff
By Elena Herrada Good afternoon I don’t normally express raw emotion to strangers like this, but the situation calls for a scream to the heavens. I cried myself to sleep last night, I am sure […]
Migrants in Colombia seeking to enter Central America
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Biden Administration Strikes Deal with Mexico and Central America

April 16, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A crisis of migration into the United States from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras has resulted in negotiations by the White House with the governments of these countries aimed at preventing people from […]
Migrant children sleeping in crowded conditions on the US southern border detention center
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Thousands Still Being Held in Detention on the Southern Border

April 4, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Media accounts in the United States have shown that thousands of migrant workers and their families are being held in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detention facilities in the state of Texas. […]
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar on Monday released photos from inside a facility where the Biden administration is housing migrants, offering the public's first glimpse inside overflow facilities as the administration has restricted press access amid a surge of border crossings.
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Failed Foreign and Immigration Policies Underline Crisis on the Southern Border

March 30, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since coming to office on January 20, the administration of President Joe Biden has faced a mounting problem of managing the influx of migrant workers and their families on the southern border […]